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3 THE ENTERPRISE IS READ BY OVER 3,000 MARTIN COUNTY FAMILIES TWICE EACH WEEK THE ENTERPRISE THE ENTERPRISE la READ Bi OVER 3,000 MARTIN COUNT* FAMILIES TWICE EACH WEEK .VOLUME LV—NUMBER 72 Williamston, M&riin Ccntnly, North Carolina, Thursday. St-f»lvmhar /, /9>2 ES I \Bt iSHED 1899 Few Marriages In Ma^Un'Ccanly “in ^3!B& ui August -<S License Imianrp Among The Smallest In More • Than Twelve Years -®- i For some reason not yet ex plained. the number of marriages " in this county last month dropped to the lowest figure for any Au« gust in more than twelve years. Onjy twelve licenses were issued by Register J. Sam Getsinger dur ing the past month as compared with 21 in August of last year, h The issuance was the smallest for any month so far this year. In 1939, only ten licenses were issu ed in this county. Licenses were issued last month, five to white and seven I to colored couples, as follows: White Curtis L. Thompson of Rober ponville and Annie Mayo Eaton of Kinston. Linton Eugene Roebuck and Melba Mobley, both of Williams ^on. Perlie J. Modlin, Jr., of James ville, and Fay Lewey Lee of Four Oaks. Bryant Cherry and Essie Pea den, both of Williamston. William H. Hardison, Jr„ of j Williamston, and Mildred Hardi son of Washington. Colored George Henry Walton and Ra chel Speller, both of Williamston. Willie D. Hassell and Eva Ebron 4 both of Williamston. Harry M. Roberson and Louise Burnett, both of Williamston. Tommy Lewis Speller and The resa Outlaw, both of Windsor. John Ray Ramsey and Lucille Riddick, both of Williamston. Willie Wallace and Clara Bell Moore, both of Williamston. Arlander Stokes and Charlotte ’Woolard, both of Williamston. Big Enrollment In Colored Schools —$.— Enrollment in Williamston’s col ored schools climbed above the i 1,000 mark for the second time when the new term was opened | this week, according to a report coming from Principal W. A. Holmes's office late yesterday. The preliminary figures show 766 the elementary and 249 in the high school departments. Mon | than 600 were brought in on buss i' cs. |. In 1950, 1,047 childien enrolled '■ in the school, o2G in the elemen tary and 221 in the high school. Last fall, 745 were enrolled in the first eight grades and 232 in the high school for a total of 977. Recently named the Edgar Hayes School, the school, under the direction of the new principal, ft. anticipating a successful year with a greatly enlarged plant and the addition of five new teachers. The school now has one of the most modern gymnasiums in this section of the State, and several new classrooms and other facil ities. There are 33 teachers in the faculty as compared with 28 last term. Principal Holmes comes here from the Halifax schools highly recommended as a school man and % citizen. During the past four weeks he literally whipped things in shape for the opening of the term Tuesday afternoon. Greatly In Need Of Blood Donors ■—»— Unless the volunteers meet tl^ir pledges and if the numbep ol drop-ins does not materially increase immediately, the Red Cross Bloodmobile will not meet its quota at the American Legion Hut here on Watts Street today, according to a preliminary re port released just before noon. At that time only thirty-three had donated bloo<l, and the pro gram was, lagging. However, in creased activity is expected dur ing the noon, hour when a block <bf volunteers from the Standard Fertilizer Company will report. Those who pledged to give a pint and those who can possibly find it convenient to drop in be fore 4:09 o’clock and help meet the quota are urged to act immed iately. Unusual Logging Operation Riding ax high as forty feet at times on an aerial tramway, the unusual motorized unit is bringing a load of logs out of the Roanoke River swamp near Poplar Point. The unit, owned and operated by Bob Sydenstricker, independent timberman and operator, rides on two large cables and pulls itself with two smaller cables. The cables are fastened to trees and are placed to make direct contact with waiting log trucks. —Photo by Royal Studios UNDER CONTROL I v . — - . . ■> Army worms, attacking peanut and soybean fields in this county recently, are now believed under control ex cept in a few areas where infestation was not too mark ed to begin with. Farmer Lawrence Lindsley said that the pest had been cleared from several hundred acres of soybeans on his Co noho farm. An airplane was used for attacking the worms at a cost of about SHOO. Assign Recruiter To Martin County T/Sgt. Elmo LeBlanc has been assigned as Army and Air Force Recruiting Sergeant for Martin County. Sgt. LoBlanc is stationed in Washington, N. C. and will be at the post office in Williamston on Tuesdays from 0:00 am until 2:00 pm and on Thursdays from 9:00 am until noon. Ho will be in Robersonville on Thursday from 1:00 to 3:00 pm. Sgt. LeBlanc has been in mjli tary service for about ten years He served with the Third and Ninth Armies in Europe during World War II. He enlisted in the Army Air Corps in 1946 and be came a member of the US Ail Force in 1947. He has been on re cruiting duty in North Carolina since 1950 working in Beaufort Craven, Hyde and Pamlico Coun ties. Sgt. LeBlanc stated that he was now able to accept men for im mediate enlistment and that the waiting list for Air Force has been abolished. Also he said thal men who have been examined by the draft board but who havt not received an induction notice may enlist in the branch of service of their choice until they receivt their induction notice Man Wanted In Boston for Rape ^— James Lloyd, colored man ar rested here a few days ago in con nection with an $85 check forgery is wanted in Boston for alleged rape, according to a report cominf from Boston police. A warrant, charging st.tutorj rape, was received here yester day, and Lloyd .also facing twi automobile theft charges A Mass achusetts and New York, said ht would not fight extradition. It n not certain whether he’ll be turn ed over to Boston police immed iately or detained here to fact trial week after next on the for gery charge. Cases Argued In Supreme Court ~---v$> Attorneys, arguing cases on ap peal from this county, were said to have found the going a bit dif ficult in the State Supreme Court, Raleigh, Tuesday. Attorney Chas. H. Manning ar gued for the Town of Williamston in the case against the Atlantic ■ Coast Line Railroad Company and the North Carolina State Highway Commission. The town is trying to have the railroad bridge widened to make room for sidewalks underneath it on West | Main Street. Representing the highway com j mission, Attorney Brooks Peters I was quoted as saying that the town just up and sued the com i mission. The town attorney ex plained that humble appeals tor relief had been directed to the commission, the governor, dis trict and local highway officials. While most of them admitted something should be done, the at torney explained that the traffic hazard continued to exist. The railroad was virtually ruled ■out as a defendant in the case when Judge J. Paul Frizzelle at a hearing here last June found !against the highway commission. Attorneys E. S. Peel and R. H. Cowen argued the Jamesville town election case, but the argu ment there was limited to a very few minutes. Members of the court asked quite a few pointed questions in both eases, and are expected to ihand down their decisions during | the early part of October. Reviews August Work Of Patrol ■—*— Raleigh.—In its regular month ly summary of traffic violations the Department of Motor Vehicles today reported 3,342 speeding con victions in August. The speeders were followed by 1,489 convic tions for reckless driving and 1, 415 for driving with no operator’s license. Stop sign violations resulted in 583 convictions, faulty equipment 482, improper passing 209, and bad lights 198. During the month miscellaneous violations such as running red lights, failing to stop at inturesc tions, following too closely, driv ing on wrong side of road, and impropei turns brought the monthly total of convictions to 8,537. Out of state drivers found guil ty came to 1,083 the Department said. Prices Stabilized Ik ftarhiTTounty BatK Tin i ear Wit No Maximum or Mininiuin But Ouo Firm Price Was Fixeil Bv Decree -$ By J. D. Mason, Jr. The setting of prices by govern ment regulation probably seems like old stuff to most people by now, but few realize how old the practice really is. It seems to have deemed good economics even be fore the Town of Williamston had been incorporated (as Skewarkee, and later Williamston. in 1770), for an addiiton to the Colonial Records of 1774 was an item entitled: “Rate Established by Martin County Court. July Term 1774. To be observed by ordinary keepers." It set not a minimum or max imum, but the only price to be charged for twenty-four items in Martin County ordinaries, or inns the prices were in shillings and pence, as this was before the Revolution; and they appear be low translated into dollars and cents at the present exchange rate of $2.85 for one English pound sterling (or twenty shill ings, or 240 pence). Madeira wine per bottle, 71c; Teneriff wine per bottle, 56c; Red port wine per bottle, 56c; Strong beer or porte, 37e; West India rum per gallon, $2.26; New Eng land rum per gallon, $1.50; Punch of West India rum per gallon, $1.13, Toddy of West India rum per gallon, 85c; Grogg of West India rum per gallon, 75c; Small beer per gallon, 19c; Small beer per bottle, 7c; A dinner of more than 1 dish, hot, 23c; A cold din ner, 19c; A hot breakfast, 19c; A hot supper, 19c; A cold supper or breakfast, 14c; Lodging per night if person requires bed to self, 14c; Lodging per night with 2 in a bed, 9c; Pasturage per horse per 24 hours, 9c; Corn per quart, 2c; Oats a quart, 2c; Cyder per quart, 7c; C.vdcr if bottled, 9c; Fodder per bundle, 2c. Many will observe that the haven’t changed much since then as the great majority of the items listed are those fo satisfy either hunger or thrist and were probably the most popular mer chandise. Many will also look with envy at the low prices. This was entered in the year of the First Provincial Conven tion or Congress of North Caro lina, held at New Hem on Au i Continued on page eight) THE RECORD SPEAKS . . . While other parts of the country were piling up right at 500 deaths in accidents, mo torists in this county were most considerate of life and limb during the Labor Day week-end. No one was Badly injured and there were no highway deaths. The following tabulations offer a comparison of the ac cident trend: first, by corres ponding weeks in this year and last and for each year to the present time. 35th Week Accidents InJ'd Killed Dain'ge 1052 4 0 0$ 1,830 1951 4 I 0 480 Comparisons To Date 1952 181 88 I $57,965 1951 163 73 5 37,795 Spectators Held InXlieck TaesSaf sfSanmimfg Firt* Department Unable to Cope Willi Blaxe Willi It* Kqnipmenl It really did not amount to much, but burning liquefied pe troleum gai; created considerable excitement back of the C. and G. Soda Shop on Washington Street at 9:00 o’clock Tuesday evening At the same time, Williamston's fire-fighting equipment and ma terials were found inadequate to cope with the situation. The two-alarm fire brought the spectators out in numbers, but once they saw what was burning and fearful the 125-gallon capac ity tank would explode, they backed away and held to safe po sitions. The gas system had just been installed that morning and work men closed off the valves since the gas was not to be used until cold weather. It ts thought that, a prowler opened the valve and lighted a match to see what was the matter when he heard the gas leaking. After building up pressure esti mated at 300 pounds or more the fire caused the safety valve to blow out. and the fire blazed up to the top of a second story build ing. The paint was damaged on a second story window, and it look ed at one time as if the fire would spread to the top floor of the ad joining building. Using both fire trucks the fire men poured water on the window, and then hooked up a hose line with a supply of Pyrene. The foamy substance poured over the tank and was six or more inches deep all around the tank but the fire kept burning. The pressure behind the fire was so great that [the liquid was blown away be fore it could smother the fire out. j Bus Driver Loudcrmilk came 'in off a run about that time and he brought a special fire extin guisher and the chemical, a pow dery substance under pressure, quickly froze the oxygen and smothered the fire. When inventory was taken, 'damage was found to be limited I to the $125 tank and about 100 gallons of the liquefied gas, valu ed at about $20. Amvets Will Hold Special Meeting ■—♦— Luther Hugh Hardison, Com mander of the Martin County Post 61, AMVETS, has called a special meeting Tuesday night Sept. 9th at 8 o’clock in the courthouse. State Director Andy Del Vcs cuvo of Burlington will be the guests speaker. Arrangements will be made for all veterans to register upon entering the court house. It is requested that all veterans be prepared to give information regarding enlistment and separa tion from service dates, army ser ial numbers, length of term of service spent in United States, and the number of months over seas. The above information is very important and is to be for warded to National Headquarters for future use. Commander Hardison urges all officers, members, and other World War II veterans who have been unable to attend the pre vious meetings, to be present. Report Unfavorable Trade Balance In Liquor Traffic After exporting in fairly large| quantities over a period of many j years, Martin County is reported- , ly maintaining an "unfavorable” trade balance in the illicit liquor business, according to ABC En forcement Chief Joe H. Roebuck. The officer went on to explain that the price and demand factors were not responsible for the j change from an exporter to an importer county. "We have main-1 tained suert a close watch on the illicit manufacturing business in this county that the dealers were forced to go into adjoining coun ties for their supply,” the officer declared. Most of the contraband is coming into this county from Beaufort while Bertie, Washing-, tun and even Pitt County are fur nishing some ,according to the of ficer. Reviewing his department's ac tivities for the month of August. Oficer Roebuck said two persons were arrested, that one had been convicted and the other’s cast was pending trial. Thirteen li quor plants were wrecked, thrn of them having been equipped with copper kettles. The officer and his assistant, Cecil Bullock poured out 1,800 gallons of mash and confiscated one and one-hall gallons of white liquor. Most of the work was handled diwing the latter part of the month, the manufacturers having resumed operations in anticipa tion of the fall trade. -vfe - —— ,i Ripe Tips Selling For About Highest Price Ever Known Full Sales Oil Tin* Local Market Fvery Day So Far This Week Tobacco sales on the local mar ket arc passing the two million pound mark today following full day sales Tuesday and yesterday The Tuesday block was not quite cleared yesterday, but the mar ket is expected to catch up today and be ready for another large sale tomorrow. Up until this morning the mar ket here had sold 1,800,002 pounds for an average right close to $49.00 per hundred pounds Dur ing the first nine days of the 1951 season the. market sold 2, 024,948 pounds for an average of $49 per hundred pounds. There is little difference, according to of ficial records, between the pounds sold and prices received this year and the pounds sold and prices re ceived a year ago. Last year the first-day average was $50 45 and it dwindled to $47.28 on the ninth day. On the ninth day here yester day, the market sold right at 300, 000 pounds for a higher average than the one for the corresponding day in 1951 The record sales of the season was held on Tuesday of this week when 324,554 pounds were sold for an average right at $49.00. The sales today are certain to carry the total in excess of the 1 two million-pound mark. Reports from farmers yesterday and today declared that choice tips—the fluffy, spotted and well ripe —were selling for possibly the highest price they had ever known. Medium and good quality leaf is selling good, but those types hardly predominate the of ferings these days. The blue black lugs that are still being offered in large quantities are cheap, it is readily admitted. It is believed that those types are bringing less than they sold for on the Georgia markets. Conservative estimates hold that just about one-fifth of the ! crop in this section has been inarketed already, and the better (Continued on Page Eight) Report Gain In Personal Income -<*> A report just issued by the De partment of Commerce shows that income received by individuals in the United States increased in 1951 by twelve percent over 1950 or from a total of $210,000,000,000 to $243,000,000,000 The survey dealt with income, before deduc tion of tuxes, received by individ uals from all sources. Such in come includes wages, salaries, di vidends, interest, net rents, social insurance benefits, relief, and net income of unincorporated busi nesses, including farms. It does not include corporation income. Per capita income, total income divided by total population, was $1,5114 m 1951 ten percent above the 1950 average of $1,439. Income payments received by individuals in 1951 were higher than in 1950 iri every state. This was because production and pi ices were increasing under the impet us of expanding demand. The larg est percentage increases wore shown by Arizona, twenty-three percent, and South Carolina, twenty-one percent. The department said in part: "The eleven Southeastern states had a combined per capita income last year about one-third below that of the nation. In Texas, Okla homa, New' Mexico, and Arizona per capita incomes were from ten to twenty-five percent below the nation-wide average. The consid erable past improvement in their relative income status, however, has raised the per capita income of the fifteen Southern states in 1951 to sixty-five percent of the average for all states outside the South. In 1929 the comparable figure was forty-seven percent.” >irt*TOmfcr ( N I HAND DISIM AV A display of hand equip nicnt and supplies lias been set up in the window of the Firestone Home and Auto Supply on Main Street in con nection with the current Green Wave Band Fund drive to let the people know what happens to the money they invest in the organization. Chairman I). V. Clayton reported today that all work ers had their cards and had started their calls. Every one, he said, will he contact ed and it will save time for all concerned if the check for the band fund is ready when the solicitor calls. Some three dozen uniforms were issued for the 1!I52 band by Director Jack Butler yes terday and that left him only one without having outfitted his flag bearers, so it is clear more cash will he useful Record Figures In Local School Enrollment figures broke all re cords in the local white schools yesterday, according to a prelim inary report released a short time aftei the new term opening by Principal 1! G. Stewart. The ele mentary count was bit) or four above the enrollment figure re ported at the close of the first three weeks of the 1951-52 term. Joining the school here for the first time, students from Farm Life helped boost the high school enrollment to 2117, a gain of 45 in that department over the count recorded at the end of the first three weeks of the 1951-52 term. The total enrollment for the first day of the term was 1,107. In 1951, the total was l,05ti and in 1950 it was 1,070. Principal Stewart explained that the enrollment will increase as the term progresses. Reporting on the opening day activities, Principal Stewart said that everything went smoothly, that following the distribution of hooks, the school would go on a regular operating schedule tomor row. The school is using the new addition to its plant for the first | time and the first lunches will be i served in the new cafeteria to l morrow. The enrollments by grades: first, 119; second, 101; third, 96; fourth, 110; fifth, 95; sixth, 107. i seventh, 105; eighth, 79; ninth, 181; tenth, 84; eleventh, 77, and I twelfth, 49 Attack Victim Is Reported Better —<$>— Cntcally injured by his son at their home here last Saturday evening, Tom Scott, 50-year-old colored man, was reported much improved in a Durham hospital lute yesterday. During the mean time, the man’s attacker, Edward (Ted) Scott, continues in jail here The victim had his left eye al most cut out and his brain bared by an axe blow Frank Simmons, victim of a hatchet attack here last Monday night, was reported improving in a local hospital this morning. Since the regular "Indian up rising” over the week-end, local police said today that everything had been quiet on the crime front. Water Line Break On Main Street Water service on the extreme, end ol East Main Street was interrupted for about two hours early this week when a six-inch line was broken by a machine opening a ditch for a sewei line. The water line was about two feet nearer the service than the records show and the mechan ical shovel took out about eigh teen inches of the pipe. All emergency water pumps were placed in operation and a new section of pipe was installed. BaviTAeedTKed &L-¥vZlmmthh n^^MwyPwyr ■ ■ ■i-i,l- n lew Bays Ago —— Prominent Man Spent Lot Of Time Here Looking After llis'Timber J Davis Heed, prominent Port# mouth citizen who died in the Vir ginia city a lew days ago, was well known in this section. Mr. Reed, i.li, spent much time m Williamslon shortly alter the turn of the century, looking after Ins timber holdings just across Roanoke River While he had no direct interest in the plant, he suplied the timber for the old Williamslon Cooperage Company from his approximately thirty square miles of timber in the Roa noke and Connie swamps. The old eooperae company plant, stood on the site now occupied by the Standard Fertilizer Company. In addition to that outlet for his tim ber, he sold thousands of dollars worth of gum logs to various mills in several states. Mr. Reed was the first person to profit in a big way from the vast swampland timber supply. Back about Civil War times, the late Elder C, B, Hassell traded the swamp for a half interest in an ice house here The new own er, John Watts, sold much of the cypress timber for shingles and he kept the swamp until his death. A man bv the name of Elliott of Baltimore settled the estate, and the property was sold at pub lic auction The late Wheeled Martin, local attorney represent ing Mr Elliott, sold the swatn) at public auction. The attorney bid m the property at $ti00 with the understanding that Elliott was to take half of the property and pay $400. When Elliott came down and upon the recommenda tion of the late Dennis Simmons, decided not to enter into the deal Mr. Martin raised the entin amount and was the sole owner of the property for a short while. About the turn of the century, he (Continued on page eight) River Has Them Guessing Again The old Roanoke has them | guessing again after going to jus! jabout a low pi int a short time ago In the 24-hour period -ending yesterday morning the river rose three feet and m the following five hours it had climbed an ad ditional six inches to leach eight t on the gua^t Local rains, while a mite great ci than usual, had very little ef fect on the stream, it is believed. During the month of August rain fell on seventeen days, reaching a total of six and one-half inches. This immediate section had only 1.36 inches of ram last Saturday, the fall being associated with the hurricane that struck the Atlan tic Coast between Wilmington and Charleston. Daily telephone conversations are being held between Hugh Spruill, local bridge keeper, and I In- U S Weathei Bureau in Ral eigh m an effort to determine tin use and lull of tin- Roanoke. No official report could be had, but liuggs Island dam must be spilling more water than was planned. If the extra water is not being re leased, then it Is apparent that the river can flueuate several feet be tween the dam and this point. A. 1. wmege 10 Open On Sep!. 15 Wilson, N C.—Atlanta' Chris tian Collage wilj open for ils fifty-first session on September 15. A faculty meeting is scheduled j September 13. Freshmen will report on Sep tember 15. The first meal of (he new col lege session will he served in the college's dining hall at noon on Scptembc” 15. Advance registration has in dicated that Atlantic Christian College is scheduled to have one of its largest freshmen classes. During the two days preceding registration for classes the fresh men will take part in orientation proceedings .
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